Language Test B - Units 9-12

Vocabulary

1 Complete the words.

This morning there was a terrible ⁰b __u __r __g __l __a __r y in Oxford Street. Five burglars ¹b __ __ __ e into a famous art gallery. They ²s __ __ __ e lots of valuable paintings. The ³d __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ s started the investigation two hours ago and they are looking for ⁴c __ __ __ s. The only ⁵w __ __ __ __ __ s is a small boy who lives nearby. He saw everything - but he can't talk!

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2 Circle the odd one out.

0 burglar / fingerprint / detective / policeman

1 fat / hand / short / thin

2 equator / ocean / heat / mountain

3 famous / interesting / valuable / worse

4 kill / hurt / steal / deep

5 mane / deer / tail / leg

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Language in context

3 Match 1-5 with A-E to make short conversations.

0 Why do you like New Forest? __F__

1 What animals are there in the forest? _____

2 Are deer smaller than ponies? _____

3 Is it easy to find them? _____

4 And ponies - are they friendly? _____

5 Are they prettier than horses? _____

A) There are deer and ponies.

B) No, because they are very shy.

C) I don't think so! They are fatter! But they are very nice.

D) Yes, they are. You can touch them.

E) No, of course they aren't! They are bigger!

F) Because I love animals and there are lots of animals there.

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4 Complete the dialogue with sentences A-E.

Detective: Hello. My name's Purlock Combs. I'm the most famous detective in England. What happened here?

Bob: Hello, Mr Combs. There was a terrible burglary.

Detective: Now, tell me... Did the burglars break into your house?

Bob: ⁰__F___

Detective: What did they steal?

Bob: ¹_____

Detective: Were they expensive?

Bob: ²_____

Detective: Did the burglars steal anything else?

Bob: ³_____

Detective: Were they valuable?

Bob: ⁴_____

Detective: So the burglars stole your wife's sunglasses and your old jacket?

Bob: ⁵_____

A) They also stole some clothes from the chair.

B) No, but my wife loved them - they were very pretty!

C) They stole my wife's sunglasses from the table!

D) Yes! And my favourite pink roses!

E) No, they were just my old jeans - and a jacket.

F) No, they broke into my garden.

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Grammar

5 Circle the correct answer - A, B or C.

0 It is the ____ jewellery in Britain.

A) valuable than B) more valuable C) most valuable

1 It is _____ painting in the gallery.

A) more expensive B) expensive C) the most expensive

2 Ponies are _____ than horses.

A) smaller B) smallest C) more small

3 The weather is _____ than yesterday.

A) good B) better C) best

4 This sofa is _____ than that one.

A) very comfortable B) more comfortable C) most comfortable

5 He is the _____ detective in the world.

A) bad B) worse C) worst

6 That is the _____ jacket in the shop!

A) more ugly B) most ugly C) ugliest

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6 Complete. Use a, an, the or Ø (no article).

0 There are beautiful __Ø___ stars in the sky today.

1 There is ______ museum in the city. There are lots of paintings in _____ museum.

2 _____ largest continent is _____ Asia.

3 There are _____ mountains in Peru. _____ mountains are very high.

4 _____ Equator is _____ hottest place on the Earth.

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7 Complete the dialogue using the information in the table. Use the correct forms of going to.

	David	Susan
July	have Spanish lessons and visit grandma in London	spend a month in Greece and learn windsurfing
August	travel to Spain	cousin - visit her and see all James Bond films

Susan: How are you going to spend your holidays, David?

David: In July I ⁰'m going to have_ Spanish lessons. I want to learn Spanish because in August I ¹____________________ to Spain.

Susan: Spain is lovely! But I ²____________________ to Spain this year. I ³____________________ in Greece.

David: A month! What ⁴____________________ do?

Susan: I'm going to learn windsurfing.

David: Oh, that's fantastic! And what about August?

Susan: Well, my cousin ⁵____________________ in August. We ⁶____________________ James Bond films!

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TOTAL

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